Slicing machine



. Nov. 29, 1927.

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M. W. WEISCOPF SLICING MACHINE Filed Nov. 18, 1926 was 71471/ Patented Nov. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS WEISCOPF, OF' PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO STANDARD ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, INC., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION OF DELAWARE.

'SLICING MACHINE.

Application filed November 18, 1926. Serial No. 149,082. l

The present invention relates to slicing machines of the type in which the meat carriage is reciprocated in respect to a disk knife.

' 5 Objects of the present invention are to simple and reliable slicing.machinecapable of easy and safe operation.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forthk the invention, generally stated, conn prises a meat Slicer having a rotary knife, a gauge plate, a meat carriage arranged to be traversed across the surfaces of the knife and plate, and reaction feed means mounted yon the carriage and constantly urging the obj ect to be sliced towards said surfaces.

The invention also comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in which- Figure 1 is atop or plan view, partly in section, of a slicing machine embodying fea tures of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the machine.

Fig. 3 is an end view with parts removed looking from the bottom to the top of the sheet upon which Fig. 1 appears.

Fig. 4 is a top or plan view drawn to an enlarged scale with the tray or trough omitted and with the parts in the position -they would occupy if anobject to be sliced were present, and y Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 illustrating aI modification.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4, 1 is a circular ordisk knife mounted for rotation in a vertical plane. As shown it is driven by the motor Cil 2 and gearing 3. 4 is a'bearing carried by` the base 5 and which supports the axis of the knife. 6 is a-vertcal gauge plate arranged arallel with the knife 1, andit is shown, Fig'. 2, as having an arcuate edge 7 spaced from the cutting edge of the knife for the passage of slices. There is a horizontal car'- riage., generally indicated at 8, and it confronts the faces of the plate 6, and knife 1 and is arranged for reciprocation crosswise of those faces. As shown the carriage is reciprocated on the rods 9 and 10 mounted upon the base 5.by means of a handle 11. There `are reaction means shown as a continuously acting spring 12, and a resetting device 13 therefor, Fig. 4, whieh'urge the object to be sliced int-o contact with the faces of theplate 6 and knifel through the intervention of prongs or hooks 14 afforded movement in slots 15 provided in the tray or trough 16. The tray or trough 16-is shown as mounted in arms. 17 provided on the carriage, and the prongs 14 are provided on'one Y of the slides 18 of which the other slide 19 carries the. handle 2O and detent21 which constitute the resetting means. The slides 18 and 19 are movable on rods 22 and 23, spanning the arms 17 of the carriage. The pillar 24 on the stand 5 has connected with it by links 25, of which four are shown, the

guide plate 6. The manually operated cam Ashaft'26 is provided with cams 27 by which the guide plate 6 is adjusted back and fort-h 1n respect to the knife 1. keeps the plate up to the cams 27.

The mode of operationI may be described as follows:

In the description the l'object to be sliced, whatever it may be, will be referred to as meat. The plates -29 and 30 spaced by the rod 31 and shown inFigs. 2 and 3 are used in the case of short pieces of meat and when used the plate 30 is acted on by the hooks 14. In the case of long pieces of meat, the hooks 14 act directly upon them. A long piece of meat is indicated by the dot and dash line in Fig. 1 and a short piece of meat is similarly illustrated in Fig. 3. The meat is arranged in the tray and the resettingdevice' 13 is pushed toward the left in Fig. 4 and by the detent 21loeked to the rod 22. This causes the slide 19, acting through the rod 32 to compress the spring 12 in respect to the slide 18. The slide 18 transfers the pressure of the compressed spring by way of the hooks 14 to the meat which, abuttlng upon surface of the gauge plate 6 and upon The spring 28 lll ness of the slice depends upon the setting of the deviceu26. As the meat is slicedl it of course becomes shorter, and since it is the mode of operation of the invention that the meat shall be urged toward the plate 6 and knife 1, the spring 12 is always kept in compression or which purpose the resetting means are employed.

The construction and mode of' operation of the modication. shown in Fig. 5 are as above described except as follows:

The handle 33 is pivoted at 34 to the car'- `ringe and to the rod 35 which is provided with teeth 36 and afforded endwise movement. The range of movement of the handle is limited by stops 37. The spring 38 is interposed between the slides 39 and V40 of which 40 carries the prongs 14. The function of this arrangement is to kee the spring 38. constantly in tension, and tiis it does because motion of 39 toward the left is restrained by the spring 38 which is kept in tension by the meat, so that as the rod 35 is moved toward the right, it slips under the pawl 4l on the slide 39, and as the rod 35 moves toward the'left it tends to drive the slide 39 toward the left, and inthis movement the detent 42 may cooperate by acting upon teeth in the fixed rod 43.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and arran ement and in matters of mere' :form witghout de arting from the spirit of the invention w ich is not limited to such mattersor otherwise than the prior art and the appended claims may require.V

I claim:

l. vIn a slicing machine a gauge plate, a traversing carriage, hooks on the carria e, reaction means connected withthe hoo s and adapted to constantly urge them toward the plate, and devices for resetting the re action means. i

2. In a slicing machine a auge plate, a traversing carriage, feed hoos on the carriage, a pair of rods on the carriage of which one is arran ed for endwise movement, a handle 'afor ed a limited range of movement in respect to the carriage and adapted to reciprocate the endwise movable rod, and a pair of spring connected slides of which one is connected with the hooks, and paWland-ratchet gear interposed between the rods and slides.

3. In a slicing machine a gauge plate, a traversing carriage, a `feeder' on the carriage, reaction means connected with the feeder and adapted to constantly urge it toward the plate, and devices fof-resetting the reaction means.

MARCUS W. WEISCOPF.

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